Women in Tech
The New Face in CyberSecurity
The demand for CyberSecurity professionals began to overtake the supply of talent 4-5 years ago. The estimated world-wide shortage is one million skilled security professionals. The sophistication and growth in number cyber attacks have outpaced the industries’ ability to respond in a timely manner.…
CONGRATULATIONS, @PADMASREE!
It isn’t everyday that you get to send a shout-out to your colleague for being recognized as one of the most influential women in tech by Elle Magazine. Congratulations to Padmasree Warrior! Congratulations also to Elle magazine, for showcasing the growing number of female leaders and influencers wh…
An Incredible Week: Cisco Empowered Women’s Network at Cisco Live!
This blog post was written by Priscila David in collaboration with Emily Griffin, Anuja Singh and Rima Alameddine Today. Tomorrow. Transformed. This was the theme of the second annual Cisco Empowered Women’s Network (CiscoEWN) forum at Cisco Live. And what a great week of transformation it was, and…
Cisco Empowered Women’s Network (CiscoEWN) at Cisco Live US enters its second year!
This blog post was written by Priscila David in collaboration with Anuja Singh and Rima Alameddine Exactly one year ago, during the launch of the Cisco Empowered Women’s Network at Cisco Live Orlando, we asked the audience: “What would you do if you were not afraid?” On that day, we coul…
Girls Among the Geeks: Why Women Should Absolutely Seek Careers in Tech
Choosing a career in technology turned out to be one of the best decisions of my life. At one time, however, it seemed counterintuitive to enter such a male-dominated industry. I’m not an engineer. I don’t have a degree in computer science. The only traditional tech skill I possessed was…
Celebrating Girls in Technology – The Power of Mentorship
Today is International Girls in ICT Day and Cisco has been celebrating all month long by hosting fun and instructive mentoring events that have been designed to help to educate young women about careers in information and communications technology (ICT). With over 70 events taking place globally fr…
Cisco Offices Worldwide Celebrate International Girls in ICT Day
Even though I grew up surrounded by engineers and technology in Silicon Valley, I didn’t decide to seriously study science until my freshman year in college, when I switched my major from economics to theoretical mathematics at the suggestion of my calculus professor. That was the first time a teach…
Reflections on Leading in IT
The first time someone referred to me as a “woman leader in IT,” I was honestly caught by surprise. I had never stopped and thought about the idea that I was any different than any other leader, any other woman or any other person in IT. That single comment made me pause and reflect on where I was…
“Brave” Advice from #WomenInTech
As we approach Girls in ICT day on April 24th many people are talking about women in tech and gender bias. All this talk made me think of EWIP, a conference I attended a little over a month ago. One of the sessions featured 4 women on a panel all who have proved to be amazing women in their fields t…